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  Beyond the Signal Bars: Inside the Quiet Research Mapping Airtel Nigeria’s Deepening Roots in the Country’s Social Fabric Lagos, Nigeria — For millions of Nigerians waking up to the hum of urban commerce or the quiet routine of rural trade, a mobile phone is not merely a gadget; it is a lifeline. It is the conduit through which a market woman in Onitsha receives payment for textiles, the classroom through which a university undergraduate in Zaria streams a lecture, and the safety net connecting a worried parent in Lagos to family across geopolitical zones. Yet, for a long time, the telecommunications sector has been viewed through a narrow, hyper-commercial lens—we talk about megabits per second, spectrum auctions, subscriber numbers, and quarterly revenue margins. We rarely pause to examine the invisible social architecture that anchors these networks to the everyday realities of the people they serve. A comprehensive body of research and corporate impact data tracking the traj...

Institution Watch: KPMG and the Business of Creating Value in Nigeria What does a major professional-services firm actually contribute to Nigeria’s economy, institutions and businesses? When most Nigerians hear the name KPMG, they are likely to associate it with accounting, auditing, consulting or corporate business. But firms like KPMG occupy a much larger space in modern economies. They sit at the intersection of business, government, finance, technology and public policy. Their advice can influence how companies manage risk, how organisations use data, how financial information is reported and, in some cases, how public institutions approach major economic questions. That makes KPMG an interesting subject for Afroview TV’s Institution Watch . The question is not whether KPMG describes itself as a value-creating organisation. It does. The more useful question is: Where does that value actually appear, who benefits from it, and what evidence can the public examine? Who is KPMG in Nige...

    POLICY NAVIGATOR Nigeria's tax system has entered a new phase. The Federal Government's tax reforms are no longer simply proposals being discussed in Abuja. The new tax laws were signed into law in June 2025, with different provisions taking effect at different times and the remaining laws commencing on January 1, 2026. That makes the tax reform one of the most important policy developments Nigerians and businesses need to understand. But there is a bigger question than simply asking, "What are the new tax laws?" The more important question is: What is Nigeria trying to change through this reform—and who will ultimately feel the impact? That is where the story becomes more interesting. Why Nigeria Is Changing Its Tax System For years, Nigeria has struggled with a basic economic problem: the country needs more reliable government revenue, but its economy has historically depended heavily on oil revenues. The government's stated objective is to create a m...

  AFROVIEW ICONS The Man Behind the Empire In Nigeria, the name Aliko Dangote has become almost synonymous with wealth b ut wealth is the least interesting way to understand him. The more important question is what he did with the opportunity that wealth gave him — and why, after becoming one of the world's wealthiest businessmen, he continued committing enormous amounts of capital to projects that took years to build and carried substantial risks. Dangote is now associated with cement plants across Africa, sugar and food businesses, fertiliser production and one of the world's largest single-train oil refineries. The Dangote Group has interests spanning cement, sugar, salt, fertiliser, petrochemicals, power, logistics and oil refining. Dangote Cement alone has an annual production capacity of 51.8 million metric tonnes across Africa, according to Reuters. But the numbers only tell part of the story. The more revealing story is the set of decisions behind them. What made a N...

Tony Elumelu: The Young Banker Who Took a Struggling Bank and Built a Pan-African Empire There is a particular moment in the life of Tony O. Elumelu that says almost everything about the man he would become. He was not born into the position he holds today. He did not begin his career as the chairman of major African companies. He began as an employee. He learned. He climbed the corporate ladder. And then, in his early 30s, he made a decision that would change the direction of his life. He and his partners took over a struggling financial institution known as Crystal Bank in 1997 and transformed it into Standard Trust Bank . That decision eventually led to one of Africa's major banking mergers and helped launch Elumelu into a career spanning banking, energy, power, hospitality, technology, healthcare and entrepreneurship. Today, Elumelu is the founder and chairman of Heirs Holdings , chairman of UBA Group and Transcorp , and founder of the Tony Elumelu Foundation . But the real ...